Dayan Viciedo's ninth-inning HR helps White Sox end skid

Viciedo hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off John Axford, lifting the White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 4-3 and stopping a four-game losing streak.

After the ball cleared the right-field fence, Viciedo pointed to Chicago's dugout, which erupted in celebration.

"That was for the team. That was very exciting," he said.

Other than Jose Abreu's major league-leading 12th homer, a solo drive in the first inning, the AL's highest-scoring team couldn't manufacture any runs.

Corey Kluber struck out a career-high 13 in eight innings, including a team-record seven straight. He allowed three hits and two walks, leaving with a 3-1 lead after 110 pitches.

"It's good for the guys to just stay with it," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "Even though it looks bleak, you can still make a little bit of a comeback."

Axford (0-2) walked Gordon Beckham leading off the ninth, but struck out Abreu. Adam Dunn walked, and Viciedo homered on a 2-2 pitch.

"I was looking for a pitch I could make good contact with," Viciedo said. "He made a mistake, and I made him pay for it."

Axford gave up the homer on a 96 mph four-seamer.

"I fell behind in the count to too many guys, and it didn't work out," he said. "I put two guys on base without me even challenging. I just couldn't find it. The home run was on a fastball. Not a very good pitch, obviously."

Kluber's streak began when he struck out Beckham and Abreu for the final two outs of the third. He fanned Dunn, Viciedo and Ramirez in the fourth, and Jordan Danks and Tyler Flowers struck out beginning the fifth. Leury Garcia broke the streak by walking on a 3-2 pitch, and Kluber struck out Alejandro De Aza.

Kluber fell two strikeouts short of the AL record set by Doug Fister for Detroit against Kansas City on Sept. 27, 2012. Tom Seaver holds the major league record of 10 for the New York Mets against San Diego on April 22, 1970.

Four of Abreu's five hits against the Indians this season have been homers.

The White Sox broke an eight-game losing streak at Progressive Field, where they had gone 6-20 since 2013.

"It hasn't been good to us here so to be able to come back and take one like this is pretty nice," Ventura said.

The White Sox returned to Chicago to start a four-game, home-and-home stretch against the Cubs on Monday at Wrigley Field.

"It was a much-needed win, obviously," Lindstrom said. "Now we can go home and start to put together a pretty good series against the Cubs.

Kottaras, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Columbus on Saturday when Yan Gomes was placed on the paternity list, hit solo homers in the third and fourth. Kottaras had been 2 for 25 (.080) in the minors.